An old, rundown park in Pomona got a $2.7 million reinvention as an all-abilities playground, the first in the city. The park has a kind of crazy history, which I detail along with the makeover in my Wednesday column.

Unexpectedly, the buyers of the Frantz Cleaners property decided not to turn the buildings into offices but instead leased it to a Frantz employee to continue the business. That’s good news. Meanwhile, a Pomona reader is pleased to meet me, and Rancho Cucamonga’s Magic Lamp Inn is closed at least temporarily, its future uncertain. All that is in my Wednesday column.

With the switch to May from September, the LA County Fair is seeing a lot more long sleeves and jackets. Attendance was up over last year, a sign that fairgoers generally like the change. I write about that in my Sunday column, as well as how the fair has lowered its attendance count downwards pretty dramatically, and why, and what some of you had to say about Thummer upon the fair mascot’s 75th anniversary.

Known for its rooftop sign and “In by 10, Out by 4” motto, Frantz Cleaners in Pomona is closing June 7. Kay Richards, who’s owned the legacy business since 1970, is retiring and has sold the property. The business began in 1937 downtown and moved to Garey and Orange Grove in 1952, shortly before the freeway opened. I write about Frantz in my Wednesday column, as well as about Gloria Molina’s quilting at the LA County Fair.

Thummer the pig debuted as the Los Angeles County Fair’s mascot in 1948, making this his 75th anniversary. He’s gone through a lot of changes, including his fashion, name and even gender. I root around in this pig’s history for my Friday column.

I was a little surprised, by the way, to Google Thummer on Thursday and find that there is no history of the character online beyond a single paragraph. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page. When you cover Pomona, you’re always breaking new ground.

The Millard Sheets Art Center at the LA County Fair used to have world-class art exhibits when its namesake was curating shows in the 1930s to 1950s that were seen by hundreds of thousands. After a long decline and as something of an afterthought in fair planning, this year the center is overseen by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, with a show of photography from its collection. And the arrangement might not be for just one fair only. I write about this year’s show, the center’s past and its possible future in my Friday column.

The Pomona Public Library’s special collections department has the archives of Burton Frasher Sr., some 60,000 photo negatives as well as prints, postcards and more from the photographer who was based in Pomona from 1920 to 1955 and roamed the Southwest shooting images for Frashers Fotos postcards. Frasher’s grandson, a third-generation photographer who lives in Joshua Tree, visited the library for the first time recently to see the collection. I was there to greet him and learn more about the family. Find out more in my Wednesday column.

I attended Friday’s service for Pat Newton, a Pomona friend who died last month at age 93. She was a civic-minded person who volunteered for a plethora of causes, from good-government initiatives to the Girl Scouts. I pay tribute in my Sunday column.

At the Pomona Public Library, they’ve been putting out a jigsaw puzzle for patrons to assemble. I’ve become mildly obsessed with the current one, a Halloween scene with, gulp, 1,000 pieces. I write about it for Wednesday’s column.

Don DeLano has been the LA County Fair’s horticulturalist for 31 years and since 2014 has managed The Farm, the 5-acre urban farm on the fairgrounds. I interview him before his retirement for my Wednesday column.